Black churches span the Mountain State, from Harpers Ferry to Charleston. But maintaining these sites is a matter of preserving both architecture and culture.
Listen: Kat Edmonson Has The Mountain Stage Song of the Week – 'Nobody Knows That'
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In her fourth appearance on Mountain Stage, jazzy singer and songwriter Kat Edmonson performs a wonderful duo set accompanied by pianist Roy Dunlap. Our Song of the Week, “Nobody Knows That,” is a sweet and timeless love song, from the perspective of a friend longing for more from a lover with another on their mind.
Kat Edmonson – "Nobody Knows That", live on Mountain Stage
Jazzy pop singer Kat Edmonson performs her song "Nobody Knows That," on Mountain Stage in April of 2022.
And you don't know that in the end I was hoping we were more than friends. Nobody knows that. Nobody knows that. Nobody knows that but me.
Kat Edmonson – "Nobody Knows That"
On this week’s episode we also hear an enthralling set from piano power house Neal Francis and his band, songwriter, guitarist and singer Margaret Glaspy, progressive roots band River Whyless perform songs from their just released album MONOFLORA, and we cross oceans and cultures thanks to the captivating sound of Haiti’s Lakou Mizik. They’re all in live performance on these stations, starting Friday, April 29.
Black churches span the Mountain State, from Harpers Ferry to Charleston. But maintaining these sites is a matter of preserving both architecture and culture.
The woman behind the popular TikTok account “Appalachian Forager” makes jam from wild pawpaws … and jewelry from coyote teeth. We also talk with the hosts of a new podcast that looks at coal dust exposure beyond the mines, affecting people far downstream from Appalachia. You'll hear these stories and more this week, Inside Appalachia.
Documentary filmmaker and West Virginia native Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous works skewered America's food industry and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
On this West Virginia Morning, we learn about an incident at a state-run psychiatric facility, we meet a TikTok sensation who forages in Appalachia and we listen to our Mountain Stage Song of the Week.